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The Outsiders Vocabulary

Directions: Below is a list of the vocabulary words from each chapter of the novel. Look
up the definitions for each word, and keep your list for use with vocabulary activities.

Chapter 1 Chapter 5 Chapter 9

disgrace (page 3) groggy (69) mortal (134)
madras(5) reluctantly (71) grimacing (134)
muttered (5) imploringly (72) affectionately (135)
cowlick (6) sullenly (73) superiority (135)
reckless (7) quavering (74) menace (136)
bawl (8) eluded (78) conformity (137)
quivering (9) vital (80) stifled (137)
unfathomable (10) indignant (80) leery (139)
rarities (11) hauled (81) contempt (142)
savvy(17) contracted (149)
Chapter 6 agony (149)
Chapter 2 surveyed (86)
roguishly (22) bewilderment (88) Chapter 10
winced (23) conviction (89) stupor (150)
incredulous (24) tangle (89) vaguely (153)
scowled (24) hesitation (90) concussion (156)
nonchalantly (25) defeated (92) delirious (157)
scatterbrained (27) plasma (95) clad (158)
shanghai(ing) (28) hysterics (96)
heaters (29) Chapter 11
Chapter 7 idolized (162)
Chapter 3 mimicking (100) cocky (162)
gallantly (37) radiates (101) remark (164)
aloofness(38) bleak (103) liable (165)
ornery (39) drawled (106)
elite (41) cocksure (109) Chapter 12
dumfounded (42) recurring (110) flinching (168)
cunning (43) aghast (112) acquitted (168)
exploits (113) composition (169)
Chapter 4 contemptuously (115) roundabout (170)
unceasingly (56) corny (172)
apprehensive (59) Chapter 8 veered (175)
defiance (59) numbly (119) vast (179)
ruefully (60) faltered (121)
reformatory (65) resemblance (123)
premonition (67) divert (125)
doggedly (127)

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